Verisk Analytics Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:VRSK)

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verisk Analytics in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" VRSK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VRSK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Verisk Analytics' shares. Their VRSK share price targets range from $187.00 to $288.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $248.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price.
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Verisk Analytics' stock was trading at $176.42 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, VRSK shares have increased by 32.0% and is now trading at $232.92.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 27th 2024.
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Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 1st. The business services provider reported $1.52 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.05. The business services provider had revenue of $677.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $663.33 million. Verisk Analytics had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 135.34% and a net margin of 19.04%. Verisk Analytics's revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.46 EPS.
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Verisk Analytics announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Investors of record on Friday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, December 29th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 14th.
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Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.58%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 40.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VRSK will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Verisk Analytics issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.50-5.70 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.63-2.66 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.67 billion.

166 employees have rated Verisk Analytics Chief Executive Officer Scott Stephenson on Glassdoor.com. Scott Stephenson has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Scott Stephenson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Verisk Analytics' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.19%), FMR LLC (3.40%), Morgan Stanley (2.62%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.91%), Parnassus Investments LLC (1.84%) and Citigroup Inc. (1.37%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce Edward Hansen, Christopher M Foskett, Constantine Iordanou, David B Wright, David J Grover, Kathy Card Beckles, Lee Shavel, Mark V Anquillare, Nicholas Daffan, Samuel G Liss, Scott G Stephenson, Therese M Vaughan and Wendy E Lane.
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